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First Friday: Ideas for Student-to-Student Interactions
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This webinar was part of our June 2018 First Friday event. This session showcases effective asynchronous and synchronous online teaching practices that increase student-student interactions. Julie Gamberg presents ideas for facilitating collaborative learning using Canvas Groups. Joseph Harrington showcases how he uses the break out room feature of Zoom to foster synchronous student-student interactions.
Resources:
Julie:
- Using Groups in Canvas
- How do I view my Canvas groups as a student?
- Resources about Collaborative Learning:
- Website - Team-Based Learning Collaborative
- Book - Collaborative Learning Techniques by Barkley, Major & Cross
- Book - Peer Instruction: A User's Manual by Mazur
- Article (PDF) - Scientific Teaching in Practice by Miller, Pfund, Pribbenow, Handelsman, Science Magazine
Joseph:
- ConferZoom - If you are a CCC faculty or staff member, sign up now for your free premium Zoom account and find helpful getting started resources.
- Getting Started with Break Out Rooms in Zoom
- Zoom Break Out Rooms Demo Video (4-minutes) Shows Joseph and two students using break out rooms in Zoom to foster student-student conversations in Spanish.
- Online Student Testimonial - Listen to two of Joseph's online Spanish students discuss their learning experiences using Zoom.
Speakers:
Julie Gamberg
Julie is the Distance Education Faculty Development Coordinator at Glendale Community College and teaches English online.
Joseph is Spanish faculty at Santa Rosa Junior College. He holds a Masters in Spanish Linguistics and has been advanced to candidacy for a PhD in Spanish Linguistics with a Designated Emphasis in Second Language Acquisition. He has experience teaching all level of Spanish through multiple modalities.
